Traffic & Parking

Due to the large number of visitors expected during commencement, traffic will be heavy on campus and throughout the local area. Please leave plenty of extra time in traveling to campus on both Thursday and Friday.

Arriving on Campus

When arriving at The College of New Jersey, you will be able to use both lanes on Route 31/Pennington Road to enter the campus at the Carlton Avenue entrance. You may find using the Green Lane entrance a quicker way to arrive on campus. Police Officers from the College and Ewing Township will be posted at both entrances to help direct you onto and around the campus in a safe manner.

Parking

Campus police officers and commencement volunteers will assist in directing traffic to appropriate parking areas. Vehicles will be permitted to drop off mobility-impaired guests at either the Paul Loser Hall Circle or via the Green Lane entry to Lot #13 Decker Parking Garage. Golf carts will be available to transport these guests to desired campus locations.

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs can be rented at the medical supply companies below. For further information regarding pick up and return, please call the vendors.

Delcrest Medical Supplies
609.586.1679

Monroe Medical Supplies
609.395.7500

Parking/Drop Off

Only vehicles bearing state-issued handicapped license plates and/or window placards will be permitted to park in the designated special needs parking areas (Lots 4 & 14). Vehicles without handicapped plates will be permitted to drop off aged or disabled guests/passengers at Paul Loser Hall Circle (see map) or via Green Lane entry to Decker Parking, where your party can be escorted to the ceremony via golf cart.

Please advise your guests that walking distances between the Main Ceremony and the Departmental Ceremonies may be considerable.

Traffic will be heavy! Plan on extra travel and parking time.

Signing for the Hearing Impaired

The Main Ceremony will have a sign language interpreter.

Reserved seating with a sight line to the sign language interpreter can be arranged for the Main Ceremony in Lions’ Stadium. One guest from the same party may accompany the person requiring sight line seating. To reserve these seats, please contact Karen Paterson, special needs seating coordinator:

Health & Exercise Science Ceremony

Chemistry Ceremony

Philosophy Ceremony

English Ceremony

Recreation Center

Nursing Ceremony

Kendall Main Stage Theater

Sociology & Anthropology Ceremony

Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall

Computer Science

Brower Student Center, Room 225

For more information about your departmental/school ceremony, please contact your school’s dean’s office or department office. The telephone numbers for schools and departments can be found on the Important Phone Numbers section of this website.

Receptions

Thursday

TCNJ Commencement Reception

Enjoy complimentary food and drink from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Quimby’s Prairie. Graduates and their guests are welcome!

President’s Reception

A celebration of TCNJ’s newest alumni will immediately follow the main ceremony. Enjoy complimentary food, drink and music on Quimby’s Prairie and Green Lawn. Graduates and their guests are welcome!

Friday

TCNJ Commencement Reception

Enjoy complimentary food and drink from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Quimby’s Prairie. Graduates and their guests are welcome!

Main Ceremony

The main ceremony in Lions Stadium will be held on Thursday, May 17, with the academic processional beginning at 3 p.m.

Check this diagram of the stadium setup to determine where your graduate is sitting on the field!

Tickets are not required for the main ceremony in Lions Stadium.*

The commencement main ceremony can be viewed live, via Webcast, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on the day of the event. A link to the Webcast will be posted on www.tcnj.edu

*Severe Weather

In the event of potentially dangerous weather, i.e. lightning, Thursday’s main ceremony will be moved indoors to the Recreation Center and follow the schedule outlined in the severe weather scenario. Tickets are required for admission to the main ceremony if the severe weather scenario is in effect.